Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth with gilt and brown spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xvii, 300pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Small tape mar on front flyleaf; rubber-stamped ownership signature on front pastedown, which adds a Frederic Remington style "My Book," and same owner's cowboy-theme bookplate facing title page. Sharp and tight first edition of this biography of a southwest Texas cowman by his namesake son.

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Bookseller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 45518
Title: Cow Dust and Saddle Leather
Author: KEMP, Ben W., and DYKES, Jeff C
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Place of Publication: Norman
Date Published: 1968
Bookseller catalogs: Books; Western Americana;

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